Dan McLaughlin wrote:
>Hello, Has anybody heard any of Rilling's Complete works of Bach, from
>Hanssler? Hanssler is a pretty inexpensive label, I'm considering getting
>them. In a similiar vein how about his complete cantatas, any thoughts?
I have a lot of Rilling's cantatas and I rather like them (partly for his
choice of soloists such as Arleen Auger). Rilling's is not a HIP recording
nor its opposite but something in between: played on modern instruments
but not without obviously having listened to HIP as well. AFAIK there
doesn;t exist any one satisfying complete set. In any case the singing
is beautiful in a way many others aren't.
Philip